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Vincenzo Cuomo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the effects of nitric oxide on striatal Serotoninergic Transmission involve multiple targets an in vivo microdialysis study in the awake rat
Brain Research, 2004Co-Authors: Luigia Trabace, Tommaso Cassano, Paolo Tucci, Luca Steardo, Keith M Kendrick, Vincenzo CuomoAbstract:Abstract The role of endogenous nitric oxide (NO) in N -methyl- d -aspartate (NMDA)-induced modulation of serotonin (5-HT) release in the striatum of freely moving rats has been studied using microdialysis technique. NMDA-induced increase in 5-HT release was significantly inhibited by selective nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) inhibitor S -methylthiocitrulline (S-Me-TC), ONOO − scavenger l -cysteine ( l -cys), and guanylate cyclase (GC) inhibitor 1 H [1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3- a ]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ). These data suggest that modulation of 5-HT levels is linked to the formation of NO produced by NMDA receptor activation and that endogenously produced NO increases 5-HT concentrations both by stimulating formation of 3′–5′-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) and conversion of ONOO − .
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short communication the effects of nitric oxide on striatal Serotoninergic Transmission involve multiple targets an in vivo microdialysis study in the awake rat
2004Co-Authors: Luigia Trabace, Tommaso Cassano, Paolo Tucci, Luca Steardo, Keith M Kendrick, Vincenzo CuomoAbstract:The role of endogenous nitric oxide (NO) in N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced modulation of serotonin (5-HT) release in the striatum of freely moving rats has been studied using microdialysis technique. NMDA-induced increase in 5-HT release was significantly inhibited by selective nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) inhibitor S-methylthiocitrulline (S-Me-TC), ONOO scavenger L-cysteine (L-cys), and guanylate cyclase (GC) inhibitor 1H[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ). These data suggest that modulation of 5-HT levels is linked to the formation of NO produced by NMDA receptor activation and that endogenously produced NO increases 5-HT concentrations both by stimulating formation of 3V–5V-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) and conversion of ONOO. D 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Theme: Neurotransmitters, modulators, transporters, and receptors Topic: Serotonin
Sabater Mora Mercè - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Valoració de la nicotina intraseptal en rates alcohòliques abstinents i no-abstinents, en aprenentatge excitatori i inhibitori
Bellaterra : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2008Co-Authors: Sabater Mora MercèAbstract:Consultable des del TDXTítol obtingut de la portada digitalitzadaEls coneixements actuals sobre els efectes crònics de l'alcohol en el SNC són encara força limitats. Malgrat haver identificat en part els canvis que subjauen a fenòmens com la tolerància o la dependència, el mecanisme responsable de l'addicció encara és desconegut. Diversos estudis s'han centrat en la neurotransmissió GABAèrgica, glutamatèrgica, dopaminèrgica i serotoninèrgica, aquests sistemes quan son afectats crònicament per l'alcohol, responen amb adaptacions que o bé són reversibles, o es compensen i neutralitzen després d'un període d'abstinència, no poden per tan ésser el suport d'un fenomen permanent com l'addicció. Estudis fets en animals consumidors voluntaris de dosis tòxiques d'alcohol, han mostrat diferències significatives respecte als controls en diversos processos d'aprenentatge tant excitatori com inhibitori, i han estat identificants canvis tan fisiològics com moleculars en la transmissió colinèrgica de tipus nicotínic. Aquests canvis, sensibilització i regulació a l'alça del receptor nicotínic, són presumiblement irreversibles, no obstant, desconeixem si els processos d'aprenentatge, i els substrats neurals subjacents, es troben alterats en aquests animals alcohòlics durant l'abstinència. En aquesta tesi ens hem plantejat estudiar l'estat funcional de la funció colinèrgica de tipus nicotínic del feix septohipocàmpic durant l'abstinència, avaluant l'efecte d'una injecció intraseptal de nicotina en la capacitat de l'animal alcohòlic per aprendre la resposta a la palanca durant l'abstinència d'alcohol (Experiment I). D'altra banda, s'ha estudiat la capacitat d'aprenentatge inhibitòri per tal de conèixer l'estat funcional i la implicació d'aquest circuit en el control de la conducta. Amb aquest objectiu, hem avaluat mitjançant aprenentatge de discriminació (amb estímuls excitatori i inhibitori), l'efecte d'una injecció intraseptal de nicotina en la capacitat d'inhibir una resposta en la Prova de Dos Estímuls de Pavlov i en l'extinció simple, en situació d'abstinència (Experiment II). Els resultats obtinguts en l'Experiment I mostren que l'abstinència d'alcohol modifica dràsticament, en sentit negatiu, la capacitat d'aprenentatge simple en els animals alcohòlics. D'altra banda, la nicotina té efectes oposats en els subjectes alcohòlics Abstinents i No-Abstinents, en aquests empitjora l'adquisició triplicant el temps necessari per assolir l'aprenentatge a la dosi de 10nM, mentre que en el cas dels Abstinents, neutralitza l'efecte disruptor de l'abstinència, en l'aprenentatge d'aquesta resposta, a la dosi de 20nM. Els subjectes alcohòlics No-Abstinents respecte dels controls mostren una sensibilització funcional a la nicotina administrada intraseptalment, que es fa palesa amb el desplaçament de la corba dosi-resposta cap a l'esquerre i amb un increment considerable de l'efecte màxim. Els resultats obtinguts en l'Experiment II mostren que l'abstinència té un efecte disruptor sobre el control inhibitori que és més pronunciat en els animals alcohòlics (sensibilització). Pel que fa a l'efecte de la nicotina en la Prova de Dos Estímuls de Pavlov, s'observa un efecte disruptor dosi-depenent en els alcohòlics No-Abstinents mentre que els Abstinents té l'efecte contrari, millorant el seu control inhibitori. Així doncs, la corba dosi-resposta per a la nicotina intraseptal pels animals alcohòlics Abstinents, respecte a la mateixa corba dels No-Abstinents, mostra la inversió del perfil de la nicotina i un desplaçament a l'esquerre (sensibilització) de l'efecte màxim. Els resultats obtinguts permeten concloure que els subjectes alcohòlics mostren una reactivitat exacerbada a l'administració de nicotina intraseptal, en comparació amb els controls. En l'abstinència d'alcohol, la resposta dels subjectes és molt diferent a la dels alcohòlics No-Abstinents, l'administració de nicotina «normalitza» la resposta dels Abstinents, equiparant-los als No-Abstinents injectats amb salí. Tot plegat és congruent amb una sensibilització funcional de la resposta colinèrgica de tipus nicotínic a l'acció concurrent de l'alcohol i la nicotina, en l'abstinència la nicotina pot substituir l'alcohol i neutralitzar-ne l'abstinència, aquestes propietats caracteritzen el cervell alcohòlic i el distingueixen del cervell control.The current knowledge about chronic alcohol consumption effect on the CNS is still limited. Despite to have identificated some of the changes that underlie phenomenons as tolerance and dependence, we still unknown the main mechanism responsible of addiction. Several studies have focused on GABAergic, glutamatergic, dopaminergic or Serotoninergic Transmission. These systems, whereas they become adapted by chronic alcohol, after an abstinence period their adaptation is reverted or compensed, for this reason, they could not be the main support of a permanent fenomenon as addiction. Previous studies, done with chronic alcohol drinking animals, have shown significant differences between alcohol and control groups in several excitatory and inhibitory learning processes. On the other hand, it has been identificated several physiologic and molecular changes in the nicotinic cholinergic Transmission of these alcoholic animals. These changes, sensitization by up-regulation of the nicotinic receptor, are supposed to be irreversible. However, we unknow if these learning processes, and the underlying neural substratum, are also modificated during abstinence in these alcoholic animals. One of the main objectives of this thesis is to study the functional state of the nicotinic cholinergic function of the septo-hippocampal pathway during abstinence. For this purpose, we have evaluated the effect of an intraseptal injection of nicotine upon the acquisition and extinction of lever-press response during the alcohol abstinence (Experiment I). Furthermore, we have studied the acquisition of an inhibitory learning in order to know the implication and functional state of that pathway over behaviour control during withdrawal. For this purpose, after the acquisition of a discriminative learning (with excitatory and inhibitory stimulus), we have evaluated the effect of an intraseptal injection of nicotine on the capacity of the animal to inhibit a response, in the Pavlov's Two Stimuli Test and extinction session, during alcohol abstinence (Experiment II). Results obtained in Experiment I show that alcohol abstinence drastically impaired in the alcoholic animal the acquisition of a simple learning. On the other hand, nicotine has opposed effects in Abstinent and Non-Abstinent alcoholic animals. In Non-Abstinent subgroup, subjects that received nicotine 10nM show the worst acquisition, taking threefold more time to attain the criterion compared with saline subgroup, while in the case of the Abstinent, nicotine neutralizes the disruptive effect of abstinence at the dose of 20nM. The alcoholic Non-Abstinent animals compared with those of the control group show a functional sensitization to the intraseptal nicotine with an inverted U-shaped dose-response curve that appears shifted leftwards and with a significative increase of the maximum effect. Results obtained in Experiment II show that abstinence has a disruptive effect over the inhibitory control that is more pronounced in alcoholic animals (sensitization). Regarding nicotine effect in Pavlov's Two Stimuli Test, we observe a dose-dependent disruptive effect in Non-Abstinent subgroup while in the case of Abstinent it has the opposite effect improving their inhibitory control. The dose-response curve for the intraseptal nicotine injection in the Abstinent alcoholic animals compared to the same curve for the Non-Abstinent, shows an inverted U-shaped dose-response curve that appears shifted leftwards (sensitization). Overall results show that alcoholic subjects have an exacerbated reactivity to the intraseptal nicotine when compared to the control group. During alcohol abstinence, the response of that subjects is significantly different of that one of the Non-Abstinent, while the nicotine administration «normalizes» the Abstinent animals response equaling them to the Non-Abstinent injected with saline. All these results are congruent with a functional sensitization of the nicotinic cholinergic response to the concurrent action of alcohol and nicotine. During abstinence nicotine seems to substitute the alcohol and to neutralize the abstinence caused by that drug. Those properties would characterize the alcoholic brain and would distinguish it from the control one, implications for pharmacological therapies are discussed
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Valoració de la nicotina intraseptal en rates alcohòliques abstinents i no-abstinents, en aprenentatge excitatori i inhibitori
'Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona', 2007Co-Authors: Sabater Mora MercèAbstract:Els coneixements actuals sobre els efectes crònics de l'alcohol en el SNC són encara força limitats. Malgrat haver identificat en part els canvis que subjauen a fenòmens com la tolerància o la dependència, el mecanisme responsable de l'addicció encara és desconegut. Diversos estudis s'han centrat en la neurotransmissió GABAèrgica, glutamatèrgica, dopaminèrgica i serotoninèrgica, aquests sistemes quan son afectats crònicament per l'alcohol, responen amb adaptacions que o bé són reversibles, o es compensen i neutralitzen després d'un període d'abstinència, no poden per tan ésser el suport d'un fenomen permanent com l'addicció. Estudis fets en animals consumidors voluntaris de dosis tòxiques d'alcohol, han mostrat diferències significatives respecte als controls en diversos processos d'aprenentatge tant excitatori com inhibitori, i han estat identificants canvis tan fisiològics com moleculars en la transmissió colinèrgica de tipus nicotínic. Aquests canvis, sensibilització i regulació a l'alça del receptor nicotínic, són presumiblement irreversibles, no obstant, desconeixem si els processos d'aprenentatge, i els substrats neurals subjacents, es troben alterats en aquests animals alcohòlics durant l'abstinència. En aquesta tesi ens hem plantejat estudiar l'estat funcional de la funció colinèrgica de tipus nicotínic del feix septohipocàmpic durant l'abstinència, avaluant l'efecte d'una injecció intraseptal de nicotina en la capacitat de l'animal alcohòlic per aprendre la resposta a la palanca durant l'abstinència d'alcohol (Experiment I). D'altra banda, s'ha estudiat la capacitat d'aprenentatge inhibitòri per tal de conèixer l'estat funcional i la implicació d'aquest circuit en el control de la conducta. Amb aquest objectiu, hem avaluat mitjançant aprenentatge de discriminació (amb estímuls excitatori i inhibitori), l'efecte d'una injecció intraseptal de nicotina en la capacitat d'inhibir una resposta en la Prova de Dos Estímuls de Pavlov i en l'extinció simple, en situació d'abstinència (Experiment II). Els resultats obtinguts en l'Experiment I mostren que l'abstinència d'alcohol modifica dràsticament, en sentit negatiu, la capacitat d'aprenentatge simple en els animals alcohòlics. D'altra banda, la nicotina té efectes oposats en els subjectes alcohòlics Abstinents i No-Abstinents, en aquests empitjora l'adquisició triplicant el temps necessari per assolir l'aprenentatge a la dosi de 10nM, mentre que en el cas dels Abstinents, neutralitza l'efecte disruptor de l'abstinència, en l'aprenentatge d'aquesta resposta, a la dosi de 20nM. Els subjectes alcohòlics No-Abstinents respecte dels controls mostren una sensibilització funcional a la nicotina administrada intraseptalment, que es fa palesa amb el desplaçament de la corba dosi-resposta cap a l'esquerre i amb un increment considerable de l'efecte màxim. Els resultats obtinguts en l'Experiment II mostren que l'abstinència té un efecte disruptor sobre el control inhibitori que és més pronunciat en els animals alcohòlics (sensibilització). Pel que fa a l'efecte de la nicotina en la Prova de Dos Estímuls de Pavlov, s'observa un efecte disruptor dosi-depenent en els alcohòlics No-Abstinents mentre que els Abstinents té l'efecte contrari, millorant el seu control inhibitori. Així doncs, la corba dosi-resposta per a la nicotina intraseptal pels animals alcohòlics Abstinents, respecte a la mateixa corba dels No-Abstinents, mostra la inversió del perfil de la nicotina i un desplaçament a l'esquerre (sensibilització) de l'efecte màxim. Els resultats obtinguts permeten concloure que els subjectes alcohòlics mostren una reactivitat exacerbada a l'administració de nicotina intraseptal, en comparació amb els controls. En l'abstinència d'alcohol, la resposta dels subjectes és molt diferent a la dels alcohòlics No-Abstinents, l'administració de nicotina "normalitza" la resposta dels Abstinents, equiparant-los als No-Abstinents injectats amb salí. Tot plegat és congruent amb una sensibilització funcional de la resposta colinèrgica de tipus nicotínic a l'acció concurrent de l'alcohol i la nicotina, en l'abstinència la nicotina pot substituir l'alcohol i neutralitzar-ne l'abstinència, aquestes propietats caracteritzen el cervell alcohòlic i el distingueixen del cervell control. Paraules clau: Consum crònic i voluntari d'alcohol; Abstinència; Nicotina; Septum medial.The current knowledge about chronic alcohol consumption effect on the CNS is still limited. Despite to have identificated some of the changes that underlie phenomenons as tolerance and dependence, we still unknown the main mechanism responsible of addiction. Several studies have focused on GABAergic, glutamatergic, dopaminergic or Serotoninergic Transmission. These systems, whereas they become adapted by chronic alcohol, after an abstinence period their adaptation is reverted or compensed, for this reason, they could not be the main support of a permanent fenomenon as addiction. Previous studies, done with chronic alcohol drinking animals, have shown significant differences between alcohol and control groups in several excitatory and inhibitory learning processes. On the other hand, it has been identificated several physiologic and molecular changes in the nicotinic cholinergic Transmission of these alcoholic animals. These changes, sensitization by up-regulation of the nicotinic receptor, are supposed to be irreversible. However, we unknow if these learning processes, and the underlying neural substratum, are also modificated during abstinence in these alcoholic animals. One of the main objectives of this thesis is to study the functional state of the nicotinic cholinergic function of the septo-hippocampal pathway during abstinence. For this purpose, we have evaluated the effect of an intraseptal injection of nicotine upon the acquisition and extinction of lever-press response during the alcohol abstinence (Experiment I). Furthermore, we have studied the acquisition of an inhibitory learning in order to know the implication and functional state of that pathway over behaviour control during withdrawal. For this purpose, after the acquisition of a discriminative learning (with excitatory and inhibitory stimulus), we have evaluated the effect of an intraseptal injection of nicotine on the capacity of the animal to inhibit a response, in the Pavlov's Two Stimuli Test and extinction session, during alcohol abstinence (Experiment II). Results obtained in Experiment I show that alcohol abstinence drastically impaired in the alcoholic animal the acquisition of a simple learning. On the other hand, nicotine has opposed effects in Abstinent and Non-Abstinent alcoholic animals. In Non-Abstinent subgroup, subjects that received nicotine 10nM show the worst acquisition, taking threefold more time to attain the criterion compared with saline subgroup, while in the case of the Abstinent, nicotine neutralizes the disruptive effect of abstinence at the dose of 20nM. The alcoholic Non-Abstinent animals compared with those of the control group show a functional sensitization to the intraseptal nicotine with an inverted U-shaped dose-response curve that appears shifted leftwards and with a significative increase of the maximum effect. Results obtained in Experiment II show that abstinence has a disruptive effect over the inhibitory control that is more pronounced in alcoholic animals (sensitization). Regarding nicotine effect in Pavlov's Two Stimuli Test, we observe a dose-dependent disruptive effect in Non-Abstinent subgroup while in the case of Abstinent it has the opposite effect improving their inhibitory control. The dose-response curve for the intraseptal nicotine injection in the Abstinent alcoholic animals compared to the same curve for the Non-Abstinent, shows an inverted U-shaped dose-response curve that appears shifted leftwards (sensitization). Overall results show that alcoholic subjects have an exacerbated reactivity to the intraseptal nicotine when compared to the control group. During alcohol abstinence, the response of that subjects is significantly different of that one of the Non-Abstinent, while the nicotine administration "normalizes" the Abstinent animals response equaling them to the Non-Abstinent injected with saline. All these results are congruent with a functional sensitization of the nicotinic cholinergic response to the concurrent action of alcohol and nicotine. During abstinence nicotine seems to substitute the alcohol and to neutralize the abstinence caused by that drug. Those properties would characterize the alcoholic brain and would distinguish it from the control one, implications for pharmacological therapies are discussed. Keywords: Chronic voluntary alcohol; Withdrawal; Nicotine; Medial septum
Seunghwan Lee - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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differences in central Serotoninergic Transmission among patients with recent onset sub chronic and chronic schizophrenia as assessed by the loudness dependence of auditory evoked potentials
Schizophrenia Research, 2015Co-Authors: Youngmin Park, Eunjoo Jung, Hyang Sook Kim, Sang Woo Hahn, Seunghwan LeeAbstract:Abstract Previous research has shown that abnormalities in serotonin systems are associated with schizophrenia. The loudness dependence of auditory evoked potentials (LDAEP) has been used as a metric of central serotonin activity. The present study aimed to evaluate LDAEP in patients with schizophrenia of differing chronicity. Sixty-four patients with schizophrenia and 50 healthy controls were enrolled in this study. LDAEP and psychometric ratings, such as the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS), were measured. The cohort was stratified into three subgroups according to the duration of illness: recent onset ( p = 0.029), and between the healthy control and chronic groups ( p = 0.008). Age, sex, dosage of antipsychotics, and smoking did not significantly affect the group differences. In the correlation analysis, there was a significant correlation of LDAEP values with illness duration ( r = − 0.259, p = 0.045). The present study verifies that the LDAEP is related to the duration of illness in patients with schizophrenia. This suggests that central serotonin neuroTransmission is changeable, and it may depend on the chronicity of schizophrenia pathology.
Luigia Trabace - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the effects of nitric oxide on striatal Serotoninergic Transmission involve multiple targets an in vivo microdialysis study in the awake rat
Brain Research, 2004Co-Authors: Luigia Trabace, Tommaso Cassano, Paolo Tucci, Luca Steardo, Keith M Kendrick, Vincenzo CuomoAbstract:Abstract The role of endogenous nitric oxide (NO) in N -methyl- d -aspartate (NMDA)-induced modulation of serotonin (5-HT) release in the striatum of freely moving rats has been studied using microdialysis technique. NMDA-induced increase in 5-HT release was significantly inhibited by selective nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) inhibitor S -methylthiocitrulline (S-Me-TC), ONOO − scavenger l -cysteine ( l -cys), and guanylate cyclase (GC) inhibitor 1 H [1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3- a ]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ). These data suggest that modulation of 5-HT levels is linked to the formation of NO produced by NMDA receptor activation and that endogenously produced NO increases 5-HT concentrations both by stimulating formation of 3′–5′-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) and conversion of ONOO − .
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short communication the effects of nitric oxide on striatal Serotoninergic Transmission involve multiple targets an in vivo microdialysis study in the awake rat
2004Co-Authors: Luigia Trabace, Tommaso Cassano, Paolo Tucci, Luca Steardo, Keith M Kendrick, Vincenzo CuomoAbstract:The role of endogenous nitric oxide (NO) in N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced modulation of serotonin (5-HT) release in the striatum of freely moving rats has been studied using microdialysis technique. NMDA-induced increase in 5-HT release was significantly inhibited by selective nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) inhibitor S-methylthiocitrulline (S-Me-TC), ONOO scavenger L-cysteine (L-cys), and guanylate cyclase (GC) inhibitor 1H[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ). These data suggest that modulation of 5-HT levels is linked to the formation of NO produced by NMDA receptor activation and that endogenously produced NO increases 5-HT concentrations both by stimulating formation of 3V–5V-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) and conversion of ONOO. D 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Theme: Neurotransmitters, modulators, transporters, and receptors Topic: Serotonin
Gang Zhao - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a novel compound n1 n5 z n10 e tri p coumaroylspermidine isolated from carthamus tinctorius l and acting by serotonin transporter inhibition
European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2009Co-Authors: Gang Zhao, Yue Gai, Wenjing Chu, Guowei Qin, Lihe GuoAbstract:Safflower, the dry flower of Carthamus tinctorius L., has long been applied for empirically treating cerebral ischemia and depression in traditional Chinese medicine. Pathogenesis of major depression involves monoaminergic Transmission. The present study assessed whether safflower or its isolate would be effective in functionally regulating monoamine transporter using in vitro screening cell lines. We discovered that safflower insoluble fraction significantly inhibited serotonin uptake in Chinese hamster ovary cells stably expressing serotonin transporter (i.e. S6 cells). This fraction went through an activity-guided isolation and an active ingredient was obtained, which was subsequently elucidated as a novel coumaroylspermidine analog N(1),N(5)-(Z)-N(10)-(E)-tri-p-coumaroylspermidine using NMR techniques. Pharmacologically, this compound potently and selectively inhibited serotonin uptake in S6 cells or in synaptosomes, with IC(50) of 0.74+/-0.15 microM for S6 cells or 1.07+/-0.23 microM for synaptosomes and with a reversible competitive property for the 5HT-uptake inhibition. The potency of it for 5HT uptake was weaker than that of fluoxetine whereas efficacy generally similar for both. Animals treated with this testing compound showed a significant decrease in synaptosomal 5HT uptake capacity. Thus, N(1),N(5)-(Z)-N(10)-(E)-tri-p-coumaroylspermidine is a novel serotonin transporter inhibitor, which could improve neuropsychological disorders through regulating Serotoninergic Transmission.
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a novel compound n1 n5 z n10 e tri p coumaroylspermidine isolated from carthamus tinctorius l and acting by serotonin transporter inhibition
European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2009Co-Authors: Gang ZhaoAbstract:Safflower, the dry flower of Carthamus tinctorius L., has long been applied for empirically treating cerebral ischemia and depression in traditional Chinese medicine. Pathogenesis of major depression involves monoaminergic Transmission. The present study assessed whether safflower or its isolate would be effective in functionally regulating monoamine transporter using in vitro screening cell lines. We discovered that safflower insoluble fraction significantly inhibited serotonin uptake in Chinese hamster ovary cells stably expressing serotonin transporter (i.e. S6 cells). This fraction went through an activity-guided isolation and an active ingredient was obtained, which was subsequently elucidated as a novel coumaroylspermidine analog N-1,N-5-(Z)-N-10-(E)-tri-p-coumaroylspermidine using NMR techniques. Pharmacologically, this compound potently and selectively inhibited serotonin uptake in S6 cells or in synaptosomes, with IC50 of 0.74 +/- 0.15 mu M for S6 cells or 1.07 +/- 0.23 mu M for synaptosomes and with a reversible competitive property for the 5HT-uptake inhibition. The potency of it for 5HT uptake was weaker than that of fluoxetine whereas efficacy generally similar for both. Animals treated with this testing compound showed a significant decrease in synaptosomal 5HT uptake capacity. Thus, N-1,N-5-(Z)N-10-(E)-tri-p-coumaroylspermidine is a novel serotonin transporter inhibitor, which could improve neuropsychological disorders through regulating Serotoninergic Transmission. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. and ECNP. All rights reserved.
